Huawei P70: At least one of the 2024 camera flagships is getting an adapted 1-inch sensor

This year, after years of enforced silence, Huawei has once again made people sit up and take notice. Surprisingly, the Mate 60 series was launched in China with banned chips and 5G support, and the smartphone manufacturer, which was once very popular in Europe, will not be staying still in 2024 either. At the very least, there are currently signs of a proper comeback for the P-series camera flagships, which recently made waves in this country with the P30 Pro in 2019.

In the past, one or two references to the Huawei P70, P70 Pro or the presumably renamed P70 Art top model have been made, most recently by an analyst. There have also been recent reports about a variant with a 50 MP Omnivision OV50H camera sensor, which can currently be found in the Chinese iQOO 12 Pro and seems to deliver quite good photos with its 1/1.3 inch size. Even more exciting, of course, is the top model P70 Art, which is likely to be the first Huawei model to feature a sensor in 1-inch format.

According to various reports, Huawei is currently stockpiling around 2 million Sony IMX989 sensors, which are likely to have been modified. In the old Huawei tradition, these are said to be RYYB pixel grids, and Huawei does not seem to be fully utilizing the huge sensor and is cropping it a little. The sensor, which appears to be named IMX989Y, will be combined with 1G6P optics and a variable aperture, and the P70 Pro and P70 Art are expected to feature an OV64B telephoto lens, according to the leaker. Loyal fans of Huawei may also benefit from new XMAGE camera software and Harmony OS4 in 2024.